They say that wealth in real estate is made at the buy. 

And my first deal vs the ones after that are a perfect example of that. 

My first deal cost me $46,750 to acquire a $187,000 property. Since then, I've done over $1 million in real estate deals and spent only $75,000 total to get them.

So w...

Dr. Mike Mackney, DDS  ·  Invest with a DDS

I was a third-year dental student when I found this book.

It was a shorter clinic day — rare — and instead of heading home to study, I wandered into a Barnes & Noble with no real plan. I ended up in the business section, flipping through spines, and...

 Dr. Mike Mackney, DDS  ·  Invest with a DDS

People ask me all the time how I afforded all the rental properties I have.

The assumption is usually one of two things — either I saved aggressively for years, grinding away until I had enough for another down payment, or I came from money and had a ...

Dr. Mike Mackney, DDS  ·  Invest with a DDS

I don't read as much as I should. Between patients, home stuff , working out , and everything else that comes with trying to build a life outside work — time is the one thing I can't manufacture more of.

But when I do sit down with a book, I want it...

Dr. Mike Mackney, DDS  ·  Invest with a DDS

I had a pre-dental student message me recently asking if dentistry was "worth it."

I gave him the honest answer. Not the one you get at dental school open houses. Not the one the ADA puts in their recruitment materials. The real one — the one that o...